Improvement in burial-cases



J. ASKINS.

BURIAL GASES.

No. 195,555. Patented Sept.25,1877n .wf/M;

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N- PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH ASKINS, OF ELIDA, OHIO.

IMPROVEM ENT IN BURIAL-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,556, dated September 25, 1877 application filed June 20, 1877 To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPn AsKINs, of Elida, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in BurialCases, of which the following is a specification:

On the 23d day of January, A D. 1877, I obtained Letters Patent No. 186,516 for an improvement in burial-cases. The subject of "his application is for certain improvements v e class of burial-cases described in my sric'l former Letters Patent, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the annexed drawing, making a part of lthis specitication, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a metallic burial-case, interior lining being omitted. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same.

The same letters are employed in all the figures in the indication of identical pats.

A is the metallic bottom, to which the posts B B are attached by means of rivets attached to the bent foot of the posts, which pass nnder the bottom. In the top of the posts are pins B B', cast in the ends of the posts, and intended to be received in holes made through the top frame C. A series of holes, C', are formed through the top frame near the inner edge thereof, which are intended to receive the threads, by which an inner lining of cloth, lace, or other material may be attached. D is a Wooden frame, placed around the lower corners of the casket, supporting a head-rest,

D', attached thereto, and also supporting the bottom lining or cushion E. F is a rod, one of which is placed on each side of the casket, attached by lugs to the posts B B, and extending the entire length of the casket to form handles, by which it may be carried. A hole is formed in the bottom oi' the case, covered by leather, india-rubber, or other suitable material, supported by a spring, G, the tension of which is sufficient to keep the pad in place, but which will yield to the pressure of gases which may be evolved in the interior of the casket, and thus allowing them to escape, so preventing the glass panels from being broken by the pressure of such gases.

The open spaces in the top and sides ofthe casket are intended to be filled with glass, which may be plain or ornamented.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The top plates C, constructed with a series of holes along the inner edge for receiving the threads for attaching the inner lining, substantially as set forth.

2. The interior frame D, constructed with a head-rest, D', substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH ASKINS. 

